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My son has an Eee PC and he tried to turn it into a Chromebook.

It did not work and the computer is stuck on trying to load chromium. I asked an IT Tech at our school how to fix it. He suggested using Ubuntu. I downloaded Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS and I tried to boot it from a USB drive and I received this message:

This kernel requires an x86-64 CPU, but only detected an i686 CPU

How do I fix it, so I can use the PC? Do I need to do something different?

MatsK
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Alice Laplant
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Stock Ubuntu is 64 bit only but the flavors like Kubuntu and Lubuntu have 32-bit versions.

https://www.ubuntu.com/download/flavours

And for an old eepc you should use a lightweight OS like https://lubuntu.me/downloads/

MatsK
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    +1 for trying Lubuntu, which is the Ubuntu community flavour with the lightest desktop environment. Another good alternative is Xubuntu. Both (Lubuntu and Xubuntu) provide 32-bit iso files (as well as 64-bit iso files). – sudodus Sep 29 '18 at 18:14
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Even tho you didn't include PC specs, I'm guessing you're trying to install a 64 bit version of Ubuntu on a 32 bit PC. See if Ubuntu has a 32 bit, or i686, version and try installing again.

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